Clipstone Brook Lower SchoolThe Rushmere Park Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Leighton Buzzard.

Summary of the comparison

Clipstone Brook Lower School and The Rushmere Park Academy are primary schools in Leighton Buzzard.

Clipstone Brook Lower School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Rushmere Park Academy scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average). The Rushmere Park Academy is ahead on our composite score.
Clipstone Brook Lower School was judged Good and The Rushmere Park Academy was judged the expected standard.

Clipstone Brook Lower School versus The Rushmere Park Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Leighton BuzzardClipstone Brook Lower School	Leighton BuzzardThe Rushmere Park Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	C62/100	C69/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	88th of 92 in Central Bedfordshire	73rd of 92 in Central Bedfordshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Community school	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	297	204
Capacity	300	150
Location	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PG	Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EW
Pupils
Pupils in the census	297	204
Free school meals (ever 6)	12.3%	29.8%
English as an additional language	17.5%	15.7%
SEN support	16.5%	12.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.7%	8.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.6% Stronger figure	6.1%	6.2%
Persistent absence	15.1%	14.8% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.